Thunderball
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Thunderball is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming that introduced the criminal organization SPECTRE and became one of the most famous entries in the Bond series.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thunderball canonical | 28 |
| Thunderball (1965 film) | 6 |
| Thunderball (novel) | 6 |
| Thunderball (film) | 2 |
| James Bond’s Caribbean missions | 1 |
| Thunderball (James Bond theme) | 1 |
| Thunderball (score) | 1 |
| novel "Thunderball" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T151157 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thunderball Context triple: [Ian Fleming, notableWork, Thunderball]
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A.
Goldfinger
Goldfinger is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming featuring the villain Auric Goldfinger and his plot involving gold smuggling and Fort Knox.
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B.
From Russia, with Love
From Russia, with Love is a 1957 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming, widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed and influential books in the series.
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C.
Dr. No
Dr. No is a 1958 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming featuring the British secret agent’s mission in Jamaica against the enigmatic villain Dr. Julius No.
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D.
Live and Let Die
Live and Let Die is a 1954 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming that follows 007’s mission against the Harlem crime boss Mr. Big, who is linked to Soviet intelligence and voodoo in the Caribbean.
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E.
Moonraker
Moonraker is a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming in which 007 investigates a millionaire industrialist and his experimental rocket project that hides a deadly plot against Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thunderball Target entity description: Thunderball is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming that introduced the criminal organization SPECTRE and became one of the most famous entries in the Bond series.
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A.
Goldfinger
Goldfinger is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming featuring the villain Auric Goldfinger and his plot involving gold smuggling and Fort Knox.
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B.
From Russia, with Love
From Russia, with Love is a 1957 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming, widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed and influential books in the series.
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C.
Dr. No
Dr. No is a 1958 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming featuring the British secret agent’s mission in Jamaica against the enigmatic villain Dr. Julius No.
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D.
Live and Let Die
Live and Let Die is a 1954 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming that follows 007’s mission against the Harlem crime boss Mr. Big, who is linked to Soviet intelligence and voodoo in the Caribbean.
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E.
Moonraker
Moonraker is a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming in which 007 investigates a millionaire industrialist and his experimental rocket project that hides a deadly plot against Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
James Bond novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Never Say Never Again
ⓘ
surface form:
Never Say Never Again (1983 film)
Thunderball self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Thunderball (1965 film)
|
| author | Ian Fleming ⓘ |
| character |
Domino Vitali
ⓘ
Emilio Largo ⓘ Felix Leiter ⓘ James Bond ⓘ
surface form:
M (James Bond)
Q (James Bond) ⓘ |
| coPlotOrigin | unproduced James Bond film screenplay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Richard Chopping ⓘ |
| fictionalOrganizationFeatured |
Spectre
ⓘ
surface form:
SPECTRE
|
| filmRightsDisputeInvolved | Kevin McClory ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Spy Who Loved Me ⓘ |
| franchise | James Bond ⓘ |
| genre |
spy fiction
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
comic strip adaptation
ⓘ
radio dramatization ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Cold War politics
ⓘ
technological warfare ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| introducedCharacter | Ernst Stavro Blofeld ⓘ |
| introducedOrganization |
Spectre
ⓘ
surface form:
SPECTRE
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySeriesNumber | ninth James Bond novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | James Bond ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableEdition | first Jonathan Cape edition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introduction of Ernst Stavro Blofeld
ⓘ
introduction of SPECTRE ⓘ |
| partOf |
James Bond universe
ⓘ
surface form:
Ian Fleming James Bond canon
|
| precededBy | For Your Eyes Only ⓘ |
| protagonist | James Bond ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| publisherLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| series | James Bond ⓘ |
| setting |
Bahamas
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Nassau ⓘ |
| subject |
international espionage
ⓘ
nuclear blackmail ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Cold War ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | James Bond film treatment co-written by Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thunderball Description of subject: Thunderball is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming that introduced the criminal organization SPECTRE and became one of the most famous entries in the Bond series.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (novel)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (1965 film)
subject surface form:
Q (James Bond)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (film)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (score)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (novel)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (film)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (novel)
this entity surface form:
novel "Thunderball"
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (novel)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (1965 film)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (novel)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (1965 film)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (1965 film)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (1965 film)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (James Bond theme)
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (1965 film)
subject surface form:
Thomas Sean Connery